Derek on October 4th, 2011

Today’s parent must be ____
 …a repented righteous representative modeling Godly characteristics & principles who lavishes others with unconditional love.
…a student of God’s word.
…a secular worldview researcher.
…a teacher.
…a leader.
…a disciplinarian.
…a protector.
…an encourager.
…engaged.
…authoritative.
…supportive.
…a parent.
 Do you have any additional “hats” to add?

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Derek on September 2nd, 2011

I think the majority of families have at least one “Picky Eater”.  You know, the one that sits there for over an hour refusing to eat one bite of broccoli no matter what motivational tactic you use.  The more we push, the more the “Picky Eater” pulls away.  If you have a “Picky Eater”, see [...]

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Derek on June 5th, 2011

I just love the skit guys. You can find more at www.skitguys.com. In this video they are trying to show us how to be effective parents. Uh…right.

If we want to see a change in our children, we need to change first.

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Derek on September 6th, 2010

Part IV
We took some time in the previous articles discussing the benefits of instant obedience from both a parent and child’s perspective.    Hopefully you were able to gain some additional insight on how much freedom we have in obedience.  We want you to be able to see the importance of thinking through the benefits so [...]

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Part III
Part I: Counting To Obedience?
Part II: Benefits of Instant Obedience
From a parental perspective of instant obedience, we honed in on the benefits of safety, peacefulness, and respect to authority in part two of this series.  Let’s turn our attention now and discuss the benefits our children receive from instant obedience.
Why do you care about [...]

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Derek on May 20th, 2010

Part II
In the previous article on Instant Obedience we discussed the immediate and long term potential problems for our children when they do not obey instantly.  We used the example of parents enabling this behavior by “counting” until obedience happens…“1, 2, 3…” etc.  Let’s turn our attention in this article to the parental benefits of [...]

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Derek on February 28th, 2010

“Son, I need you to come here right now and clean up your mess”.  “One…two…three!”  “OK, that’s it; you get in here right now!”  “I mean it…one…two…three!”  Does this sound familiar?  It reminds me of the scenario where a kid draws a line in the sand with his foot and addresses the school bully stating…”Don’t [...]

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Derek on October 29th, 2009

I came across an article earlier this month about the 30th anniversary of Sweden’s anti-spanking law. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091005/wl_csm/osmack)  If you read the article, you’ll notice the law was created to minimize child abuse.  This got me thinking and wondering how a law of this type could get passed.  Spanking a child is obviously a very sensitive [...]

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